Australia vs Costa Rica: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Australia
46.0%
in 2025
Costa Rica
49.1%
in 2025
Australia rank
10th
Costa Rica rank
8th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Australia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 49.1% against 46.0% in Australia, a difference of 3.1%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and Costa Rica ranks 8th of 193 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.8% | 18.1% | 0.3% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 25.4% | 34.3% | 8.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 26.9% | 38.1% | 11.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 37.1% | 47.4% | 10.3% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Australia or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 49.1% against 46.0% in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Australia and Costa Rica?
- 3.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Costa Rica?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Costa Rica rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Australia ranks 10th and Costa Rica ranks 8th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.